Background Neck pain (NP) and low back pain (LBP) are common symptoms bothering
people in daily life. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used to treat various …

Discogenic lower back pain (DLBP) is the most common type of chronic lower back pain (LBP),
accounting for 39% of cases, compared to 30% of cases due to disc herniation, and even …

The aims of this systematic review were to study the analgesic effect of real acupuncture
and to explore whether sham acupuncture (SA) type is related to the estimated effect of real …

We sought to determine whether transplanted allogeneic bone mesenchymal stem cells can
survive and increase the amount of proteoglycans in intervertebral discs. We used the rabbit …

Objective Defective apoptosis contributes to the massive synovial hyperplasia in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA), but the mechanism is largely unknown. To investigate the reasons for the …

Large bone defects caused by tumors and traumas are difficult clinical problems. For its
treatment, autogenous bone transplantation is the “gold standard”. However, there are some …

… Address correspondence and reprint requests to Yin-gang Zhang, MD, PhD, Department
of Orthopaedics of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College of Jiaotong University, Xi’an …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness and safety of active mobilization on improving
physical function and hospital outcomes in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for …

OBJECTIVE: Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a chronic, endemic osteochondropathy principally
occurring in children. We investigated apoptotic chondrocyte death and the expression of …

… -yun Ma, Hao Han provided language help, Liu-yang Zhang and Jing Tian provided retrieve
assistance and Prof. Yin-gang Zhang and Prof. Bo Lei proofread the article. This work was …